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Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
FIBA ranking88 Steady[1]
Joined FIBA1959
FIBA zoneFIBA Asia
National federationSri Lanka Basketball Federation (SLBF)
CoachPrasanna Jaysinghe
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
Asian Championship
Appearances7
MedalsNone

The Sri Lankan national basketball team represents Sri Lanka in international competitions. It is administrated by the Sri Lanka Basketball Federation (SLBF).[2] Until 1972 it was known as Ceylon national basketball team.

The team qualified for the Asian Basketball Championship 7 times and was among Asia's 12 top basketball teams in 1981.

History

Basketball was first introduced to Sri Lanka in 1917 by an American, Walter Cammak. Ten years later in 1927, Ananda College was the first school to introduce basketball in Sri Lanka, causing other schools to follow. In 1958, the Ceylon Basketball Federation (CBF) was established and was consequently admitted into FIBA in 1959. Sri Lanka joined the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) in 1962, and has participated in most ABC competitions since.

Current Roster

At the 2017 SABA Championship:[3] (Bronze medal squad)

Sri Lanka men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club
C Gayan De Croos – 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
F Timothy Nithushan – 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
C Sudesh Ahamed – 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
PG Charith Perera – 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
SF Anthony Venito – 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Isuru Perera –
PG Roshan Randima – 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
F Roshan Fernando – 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
PF Tushan Dharmasena – 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
C Mithila Abeysekera – 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
C Asanka Suwaris – 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
PG Clinton Stallon Thevakumar – 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
C Steve Dole – 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 19 May 2017

Competitions

Summer Olympics

Yet to Qualify

World championships

Yet to Qualify

FIBA Asia Championship

Year Position Tournament Host
1975 13th 1975 ABC Championship Bangkok, Thailand
1977 14th 1977 ABC Championship Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1979 – 1979 ABC Championship Nagoya, Japan
1981 12th 1981 ABC Championship Calcutta, India
1983 – 1983 ABC Championship Hong Kong
1985 15th 1985 ABC Championship Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1987 – 1987 ABC Championship Bangkok, Thailand
1989 – 1989 ABC Championship Beijing, China
1991 18th 1991 ABC Championship Kobe, Japan
1993 – 1993 ABC Championship Jakarta, Indonesia
1995 19th 1995 ABC Championship Seoul, South Korea
1997 – 1997 ABC Championship Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1999 – 1999 ABC Championship Fukuoka, Japan
2001 – 2001 ABC Championship Shanghai, China
2003 – 2003 ABC Championship Harbin, China
2005 – 2005 FIBA Asia Championship Doha, Qatar
2007 – 2007 FIBA Asia Championship Tokushima, Japan
2009 16th 2009 FIBA Asia Championship Tianjin, China
2011 – 2011 FIBA Asia Championship Wuhan, China
2013 – 2013 FIBA Asia Championship Philippines
2015 – 2015 FIBA Asia Championship Changsha, China
2017 – 2017 FIBA Asia Cup Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
2020 TBD 2020 FIBA Asia Cup TBD

Asian Games

See also: Basketball at the Asian Games
  • 1966 : 10th
  • 2018 : TBD

South Asian Games

See also: Basketball at the South Asian Games
  • 1995-2010 : ?
  • 2018 : TBD

FIBA South Asia Championship

See also: SABA Championship
  • 2002-2013 : ?
  • 2014 : 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 2015 : 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  • 2016 : Did not Participate
  • 2017 : 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • 2018 : TBD

Lusophony Games

See also: Basketball at the Lusophony Games

Never Participated

Commonwealth Games

See also: Basketball at the Commonwealth Games

Never Participated

Head coach position

Past Rosters

Scroll down to see more.

At 2009 FIBA Asia Championship:

Head coach: Ajit Kuruppu

# Pos Name Club Date of Birth Height
4 G Thissara Chathuranga Sri Lanka Sampath Bank (1985-11-03)3 November 1985 (aged 23) 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
5 G Duke Rajapakse Sri Lanka Dialog Telecom (1976-10-27)27 October 1976 (aged 32) 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
6 F Roshan Randima Sri Lanka Delmege (1981-11-24)24 November 1981 (aged 27) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
7 G Hendahewa Yasarathna Sri Lanka Dialog Telecom (1986-04-17)17 April 1986 (aged 23) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
8 G Prageeth Pushpakumara Sri Lanka NTB (1982-05-25)25 May 1982 (aged 27) 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
9 F Chamath Danawansa Sri Lanka Sampath Bank (1983-03-06)6 March 1983 (aged 26) 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
10 G Shanaka Perera Sri Lanka Delmege (1985-03-31)31 March 1985 (aged 24) 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
11 C Mithila Abeysekara Sri Lanka Sampath Bank (1984-11-04)4 November 1984 (aged 24) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
12 C Sidath Senanayake Sri Lanka HNB (1988-04-11)11 April 1988 (aged 21) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
13 F Jagath Kulatunga Sri Lanka David Pieris (1978-07-06)6 July 1978 (aged 31) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
14 F Roshan Fernando Sri Lanka HNB (1988-05-16)16 May 1988 (aged 21) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
15 C Jayakody Serasinghe Sri Lanka DFCC (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 23) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking for Men". Fiba.Com. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. ^ FIBA National Federations – Sri Lanka, fiba.com, accessed 24 July 2013.
  3. ^ Sri Lanka national team, asia-basket.com, Accessed 27 July 2017.
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